The lac à la Carpe (English: Carp Lake) is the most important freshwater body on the hydrographic side of the rivière à la Carpe on the watershed

Lac Saint-Jean Lac Saint-Jean (, ) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of , and is ...

, in the unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière, in the

Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality Lac-Saint-Jean-Est () is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Alma. In 2016, 99.3% reported that they spoke French most often at home, according to the census. Subdivisions There ...

, in the administrative region of

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada on the Labrador Peninsula. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the fi ...

, in the

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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, in

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. Lac à la Carpe is located a few kilometers from the northern limit of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a List of protected areas of Quebec, wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This r ...

. This small valley is served by the forest road along the east bank of the

Métabetchouane River The Metabetchouan River (French: ''Métabetchouane'') is a tributary of Lac Saint-Jean in the centre of the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of this river successively crosses the regional county municipalities (MRC) of: * La Jacques-Cartie ...

. A few secondary roads serve this area for the needs of forestry, recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed February 3, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Carp Lake is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring Lac à la Carpe are: * north side: rivière à la Carpe,

; * east side:

lac de la Belle Rivière The lac de la Belle Rivière is a freshwater body at the head of Belle Rivière on the watershed of lac Saint-Jean, in the unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière, in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, in the region Saguenay– ...

La Belle Rivière The Belle Rivière is a tributary of Lac Saint-Jean, flowing the unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière and in the municipalities of Hébertville and Saint-Gédéon, in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, in the administrative r ...

, Grand lac des Cèdres, rivière du Milieu; * south side:

, rivière aux Canots,

Huard Lake The lac Huard is a body of water crossed by the Huard River, in the catchment area of the Ha! Ha! River and Saguenay River. This body of water is located in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Mu ...

; * west side:

, petit lac à la Carpe. The "Lac à la Carpe" has a length of , a width of and an altitude of . This lake includes a peninsula advancing towards the northwest, creating a bay at the mouth of the outlet of "Lac au Canard". The "Lac à la Carpe" is mainly fed by the discharge (coming from the southeast) of Lac au Canard and Lac Madore, as well as by the discharge of Lac Larouche. The mouth of this lake is located to the northwest, at the bottom of a small bay, at: * north-east of the course of the

; * south-east of the confluence of the outlet of the lake and the rivière à la Carpe; * south-west of a bay on

; * south-east of

lac Saint-Jean Lac Saint-Jean (, ) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of , and is ...

.Atlas of Canada of the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, the database and the instrumentation of the site - accessed January 04, 2020.
/ref> From the mouth of "Lac à la Carpe", the current flows in the following segments: * towards the north following the discharge until its confluence with the rivière à la Carpe; * westward down the rivière à la Carpe; * northwards following the current of the

, to the south shore of

; * towards the north-east by crossing

; * towards the east by following the course of the

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...

via

La Petite Décharge La Petite Décharge is the name of one of the two emissaries of lac Saint-Jean, the other being the La Grande Décharge. This river flows south of Alma Island, on the northwest shore of St. Lawrence River, in the town of Alma, in the Lac-Saint- ...

on to

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM (Regional County Municipality), on the north shore of the maritime section of the estuary of St. Lawrence river, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada. Geography Tadoussac is ...

where it merges with the

Saint Lawrence estuary The St. Lawrence River Estuary is an estuary at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It stretches 655 km from west to east, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to Pointe-des-Monts, where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada. ...

Toponymy

The toponym "lac à la Carpe" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac à la Carpe - accessed on January 3, 2020
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Geography

Toponymy

Notes and references

See also